swipe, match, move in
SubSwap matches Canadian university and college students as roommates, then helps you find the sublease to share. Students sign up with a school email, so the people you match with are real students.
School email required. 270+ Canadian universities and colleges supported. Free on the App Store.
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Join with your school email from any of 270+ Canadian universities and colleges. Your school email shows you're a real student, which keeps out bots and anonymous accounts.
Verified identityFind roommates and browse subleases, filtered by budget, lifestyle, and location. Roommates sign up with a school email, and landlords can only post after our team approves them.
Filtered matchingConnect when there's mutual interest and chat directly. No cold messages to strangers. You only talk to people who want to hear from you.
Mutual interest onlyListings from students and approved landlords. No anonymous posts.
You decide who you chat with. No cold messages.
Matched on sleep schedule, cleanliness, budget, and location. You see why you match.
Choose from the students who like your room. No more hoping for the best.
Students sign up with a school email or their school Microsoft account. Landlords can only post after our team approves them.
Results are ranked by how well they fit you, not just by what's newest. You see why someone matches.
Students can verify their ID with a quick selfie check and get a badge on their profile. Once you're verified, you can choose to see only verified people.
When someone likes your place, you see their profile first and decide if a chat opens.
The places students usually look, like Kijiji and Facebook Marketplace, don't check who anyone is. You end up searching blind, messaging strangers and hoping nothing goes wrong. Rentals are tight too: CMHC's October 2025 survey found vacancy rates under 3% in each of the cities below.
Average monthly 1-bedroom apartment rent in Halifax, Fredericton, Charlottetown, and St. John's using the latest published CMHC Primary Rental Market tables.
Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey, average 1-bedroom rent, row and apartment units, October 2025.
Every student signs up with a school email from one of 270+ Canadian universities and colleges, so the roommate you match with is a real student, not a stranger from a marketplace. Landlords can only post after our team approves them.
Built in Halifax by students who lived through the housing scramble ourselves, for the students going through it now. More about us
SubSwap is live on the App Store, and Android is in early access. Free for students.
Available at 270+ Canadian universities and colleges. School email required to sign up.
Guides to student housing, sublets and roommates near every major university and college in the region. Browse by city or by school.
Download SubSwap, sign up with your Dalhousie, Saint Mary's, MSVU, NSCC, King's or NSCAD email, and swipe through roommates and sublets in Halifax. Students sign up with a school email, and landlords can only post after our team approves them, so there are no anonymous accounts. Our Halifax student housing guide has rents, lease dates and official school links, and the Halifax roommate finder covers what to agree on before you sign.
SubSwap is open to students at 270+ universities, colleges and CEGEPs across Canada, including Dalhousie, Memorial, UNB, UPEI, McGill, Concordia, U of T, York, Waterloo, Western, Queen's, Ottawa, Carleton, McMaster, UBC, SFU, UVic, U of Alberta, U of Calgary, U of Manitoba, U of Saskatchewan, and major colleges like NSCC, Humber, Seneca, George Brown, SAIT and BCIT. If your school email is not recognized, email hello@subswap.ca and we will add it.
SubSwap matches roommates based on sleep schedule, cleanliness, budget, lifestyle and school. You only message someone after you both swipe right, so there's no cold outreach. Find roommates at Dalhousie, UNB, Memorial, UPEI and every other Atlantic Canadian school.
Yes. SubSwap is free for students. Sign up with your school email, browse places, swipe, match and message at no cost.
Yes. Students can post a sublet in a few minutes: set the price, term, room type and photos. When someone likes your place, you see their profile and decide if a chat opens.
Yes, but only after our team approves them. Landlords can't browse students or roommates. If you like a landlord's place, a chat with them opens right away.
No. Your school email is enough to join. ID verification is optional. It adds a badge to your profile and lets you filter for other verified people.
Android is in early access right now. Email hello@subswap.ca and we'll add you to the testers and send you the download link.